Hazard and risk from large landslides from Mount Meager volcano, British Columbia, Canada

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-64

  Friele, Pierre ^a   Jakob, Matthias ^b   Clague, John ^c  

^a Cordilleran Geoscience ^*  (Canada)

^b BGC ENGINEERING INC   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Landslide hazard and risk; Mount Meager; Quantitative risk assessment; Quaternary volcano; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; FLOW VELOCITY; HOLOCENE; LANDSLIDE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; URBAN GROWTH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; COAST MOUNTAINS; LILLOOET RIVER; MOUNT MEAGER; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 39749149551     PISSN: 17499518     EISSN: 17499526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17499510801958711     Document Type: Article

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